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veggie

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Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy
#13350288 - 10/17/10 10:03 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Drug addict has vasectomy for cash October 18, 2010 - London Evening Standard
A drug addict has become the first man in Britain to take part in a controversial project which saw him get cash to be sterilised.
The 38-year-old, who wishes to be known to only as John, was given £200 in exchange for a vasectomy.
John - who has been addicted to opiates for 15 years and has been involved with drugs since he was 11 or 12 - said the cash incentive spurred him into going ahead with the procedure.
The addict, who is featured in BBC London's Inside Out programme on Monday night, said: "It was kind of what spurred me into doing it in a way. It was something that I'd been thinking about for a long time and something that I'd already made my mind up that I wanted to do. Just hadn't got round to it."
John, who admitted he had stolen things in the past and dabbled in dealing drugs, said that he was going to spend the money on overdue rent and shopping.
The controversial American charity - Project Prevention - was set up by Barbara Harris, from North Carolina, who adopted four children born of a crack addict mother. She watched the children struggle with the addiction passed on to them by their mother.
"I got very angry about the damage that these drugs do to these children," she said on the programme. "It was unbelievable. Isaiah could not sleep, he couldn't eat, his eyes were big, noise bothered him, light bothered him. It broke my heart. I was angry at the mum, And then my anger turned a little bit to where why did we allow her to do that?"
The charity, which has already paid more than 3,500 American men and women addicted to drugs or alcohol not to have children, is offering the service to addicts in the UK and has set up a helpline for those interested. The project also pays addicts to get long-term birth control including intrauterine contraceptive devices or a contraceptive implant.
When John called the helpline he had 30 days to think about his decision. He underwent the procedure on the NHS in mid-September.
He added: "It came as a bit of a shock to me knowing I was the first in Britain. I would have thought people would be snapping up the offer as soon as it came apparent as it was there. I won't be able to support a kid. I can just about manage to support myself. Just about got it together to do that."
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bluecurry
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: veggie]
#13350417 - 10/17/10 10:48 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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London Evening Standard said: The controversial American charity - Project Prevention - was set up by Barbara Harris, from North Carolina, who adopted four children born of a crack addict mother. She watched the children struggle with the addiction passed on to them by their mother.
"I got very angry about the damage that these drugs do to these children," she said on the programme. "It was unbelievable. Isaiah could not sleep, he couldn't eat, his eyes were big, noise bothered him, light bothered him. It broke my heart. I was angry at the mum, And then my anger turned a little bit to where why did we allow her to do that?"
Take some responsibility for the human condition! Just throwing money at a social issue has never really worked out.
This is incredibly reckless and takes no responsibility for the continued harm of a destructive lifestyle.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: bluecurry]
#13350538 - 10/17/10 11:31 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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So lemme get this straight? They are paying addicts to be sterilized so they wont spread there bad addict sperm into the world and will thus stop all drug abuse ever?
Sounds like a plan!
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: gnarfbuckle]
#13350549 - 10/17/10 11:36 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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TBH, anyone willing to get their tubes tied for 200 pounds isn't really smart enough to have kids anyway...
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: John]
#13350569 - 10/17/10 11:45 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yea no shit, I was thinking is that a fucking typo. What a fucking douche I bet he went and put that measly 200 pounds right into his arm. What a short sighted moron.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: PeterGriffin467]
#13350609 - 10/17/10 11:59 PM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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meh some people dont want kids like i......but i think they would have to pay me more to not release my demon spawn into the world(i was hell as a child)
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: durka_durka420]
#13351619 - 10/18/10 09:55 AM (13 years, 7 months ago) |
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I would do it for 10 thousand + no less.
No way for £200 thats less than a weeks work - nobody would do that apart from that retard in the story.
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veggie

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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: nice1]
#13351774 - 10/18/10 10:44 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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No, the average person would not do this. But this organization is not after your average hard working person who has decided not to have children, they are targeting hard core drug addicts who would do most anything for money for their next fix. They are not fulfilling the goals of couples who want no more kids, they are fulfilling their own goals of neutering drug addicts.
The controversy is not so much are addicts desperate enough to accept the money, but of the morality of an organization that offers it to them.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: John]
#13351801 - 10/18/10 10:50 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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John said: TBH, anyone willing to get their tubes tied for 200 pounds isn't really smart enough to have kids anyway...
It would have to be about 500K to get me to do that. (knifing my balls? really? christ.)
Also, I would freeze some sperm anyway and then never have to condom it up again. I hear it reduces the sensation though. I think it would take a large fortune to get me to take that risk.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: veggie]
#13351815 - 10/18/10 10:54 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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veggie said: No, the average person would not do this. But this organization is not after your average hard working person who has decided not to have children, they are targeting hard core drug addicts who would do most anything for money for their next fix. They are not fulfilling the goals of couples who want no more kids, they are fulfilling their own goals of neutering drug addicts.
The controversy is not so much are addicts desperate enough to accept the money, but of the morality of an organization that offers it to them.
Like it's going to stop new addicts from emerging as if addiction is hereditary anyway. A better solution would be to take their children and foster care them, but wait, we already do that.
I'm talking about hardcore methface of tack-junkie here though, not Ms. I take some oxys now and then and had to tell them it was a bagel to get my baby back.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: veggie]
#13351942 - 10/18/10 11:18 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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i think this is disgusting.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: tosatori]
#13352119 - 10/18/10 11:56 AM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thats right. Cut off their balls. leave them to their own devices.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: veggie]
#13353101 - 10/18/10 03:27 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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We don't need more human beings on this planet, I think they should extend the offer to everyone. Drug addicts aren't always bad parents, but I know a lot of drug addicts that didn't raise their kids. I'd be tempted to do it if my girlfriend didn't care, but I don't really want anyone to cut my balls open.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: fapjack]
#13353181 - 10/18/10 03:39 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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fapjack said: We don't need more human beings on this planet, I think they should extend the offer to everyone.
Yeah, most of the problems humanity is facing is due in some way to too many of them right now.
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Re: Drug addict the first man in Britain paid to have vasectomy [Re: Le_Canard]
#13353448 - 10/18/10 04:40 PM (13 years, 6 months ago) |
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